Lesson Plan

In my clinical I taugh a TechStep on electricity to all the 5th grade classes. Click the link to see my lesson plan.

WebQuest

Here is the link to my finished WebQuest on electricity!

Struggling Student

I worked with students who needed to finish their science test from the previous day, one of which was a struggling student. The students were in a separate room from the other students because a few of them felt distracted being in the regular classroom while the instruction was taking place. While working with the students, I focused on the struggling student in particular. He fidgeted while taking the test and was constantly looking around the room. Sometimes, he looked as if he was in a daze. It took him two days to complete the test.

My teacher's strategy for working with all the struggling students in her classroom is to read the test to them. Their tests have fewer choices for them to choose from, it is open book, and has the page numbers located with each question. This test, in particular, was modified for all the struggling students in the classroom. They were ony required to answer 2 out of the 4 essay questions. All students were allowed to use the book during the test.

I was, also, given the opportunity to grade the students' tests. There were 2 problems that were missed by the majority of the students.While grading the tests, I noticed a struggling student achieved a C on her test. She was very excited.